hello, i'm alastair cook. i grew up in the wirral, but have lived in many places including london, manchester, edinburgh and melbourne.

i'm currently a lead designer at canva, where I'm helping reimagine what content and discovery means within an ai native world.

previously, i was a senior designer at amazon, where i launched one of the largest intranets in the world, and helped launch aws amazon q's ai assistant - simplifying millions of users daily lives.

i have a background in web computing, interactional design, research, and psychology.

i consider myself a full-stack designer, who thrives thinking deeply about systems and the ways people use them.